Education
Master of Fine Arts, Directing — University of New Orleans, 2002
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre with Speech certification — Centenary College of Louisiana, 1991
Academic Appointments
2026–Present Chair, Department of Theatre, Art, Humanities and Visual Communication, Lone Star College–Montgomery (LSC–M)
2012–2018 Department Chair, Drama, Dance and Live Entertainment Technology, LSC–M
2006–Present Professor of Theatre, LSC–M
2006–2012 Lead Faculty, Theatre, LSC–M
2004–2006 Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Jesuit High School, New Orleans
1998–2006 Director of Theatre; Instructor of Stagecraft, Television/Radio Production, Film Analysis, and Speech, Jesuit High School
1998 Acting Instructor, Tulane University Summer Shakespeare Festival
1998 Theatrical Talented Instructor (grades 3-12), Jefferson Parish Creative Arts and Talented Program
1996–1997 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of New Orleans, Department of Drama and Communications
1995–1997 Technical Assistant, University of New Orleans Scene Shop
1994–1995 Scenic Carpenter/Welder, Centenary College
1994 Instructor of American History and Free Enterprise, Byrd High School, Shreveport, Louisiana
1992 Instructor of ESL and ED/BD, William James and Diamond Hill Middle Schools, Fort Worth, Texas
1991 Student Teacher of Theatre, Caddo Magnet High School, Shreveport, Louisiana
Administrative Leadership
2026–Present Chair, Department of Theatre, Art, Humanities and Visual Communication, LSC–M
2021–2026 Faculty Senate President / Faculty Council Representative, LSC–M
2018–2020 Applied Improvisation Facilitator, Texas Children's Hospital. Co-facilitated professional development workshops with Professor Emmy Levine, using applied improvisation to strengthen leadership, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and interpersonal effectiveness among healthcare professionals.
2012–2018 Department Chair, Drama, Dance and Live Entertainment Technology, LSC–M
Creative Activity
Directing
Lone Star College–Montgomery
Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure by Ken Ludwig
Assassins by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens
12 Angry Jurors by Sherman L. Sergel
The Outsiders by Christopher Sergel, adapted from S. E. Hinton
Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
The Sleeper by Catherine Butterfield
The Ghost of Splinter Cove by Steven Dietz
The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
We Live By the Sea by Fin Kennedy
Footloose by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
The Receptionist by Adam Bock
Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph
The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow
Student Body by Frank Winters
Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
12 Angry Jurors by Sherman L. Sergel
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket by Peter Parnell
Green Day’s American Idiot by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
The Birds by Conor McPherson
96 Minutes, adapted by Chase Waites (revival)
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Power Lunch by Alan Ball
The Very Merry Xmas Carol Holiday Adventure Show by Jain, Johnson, and McCann
Peter Pan by Piers Chater Robinson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Jeffrey Hatcher
Private Eyes by Steven Dietz
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn
Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
Too Much Memory by Keith Reddin and Meg Gibson
Rent by Jonathan Larson
The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley
And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson by Jim Leonard Jr.
Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball
Anniversary by Norman Bert
The Philadelphia by David Ives
Sure Thing by David Ives
Mind’s Prison by Tim Stinnett (world premiere)
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Great American Trailer Park Musical by David Nehls and Betsy Kelso
Noises Off by Michael Frayn
The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang
Home Front by James Duff
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner
The Foreigner by Larry Shue
The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute
96 Minutes, adapted by Chase Waites (world premiere)
Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet
The Problem by A. R. Gurney Jr.
Jesuit Philelectic Society
Singin’ in the Rain by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Nacio Herb Brown, and Arthur Freed
Dead Man Walking by Tim Robbins (regional premiere)
Chess by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus
To Kill a Mockingbird by Christopher Sergel, adapted from Harper Lee
Barry Manilow’s Copacabana by Barry Manilow et al.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Dale Wasserman
Footloose by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Guys and Dolls by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Frank Loesser
Godspell by Stephen Schwartz
Steel Pier by John Kander and Fred Ebb (regional premiere)
The Who’s Tommy by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Broadway Bound by Neil Simon
West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, Arthur Laurents, and Stephen Sondheim
Carlone’s Dinner Theatre
Nunsense by Dan Goggin
Salem Community Theatre
The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Jesuit On Stage Theatre / Chase Productions Ltd
The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin
Le Petit Theatre / Chase Productions Ltd
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
True Brew Theatre / Chase Productions Ltd
Tracers by John DiFusco et al.
University of New Orleans
Burden by Robert E. Williams (world premiere)
All Their Songs Were Sad by Patsy Voigt (world premiere)
Dr. Sex by Phillip Zwerling (world premiere)
Tracers by John DiFusco et al.
Out of Gas on Lover’s Leap by Mark St. Germain
Rumpelstiltskin by Moses Goldberg
Lone Star by James McClure
Pvt. Wars by James McClure
Centenary College
Cats in the Cage by Zane Gray (world premiere)
Gas Light Players, Shreveport, Louisiana
Rumpelstiltskin by Moses Goldberg
Caddo Magnet High School
Not in My Backyard by Anna Aslin et al. (world premiere)
Acting
Tobias — The Ghost of Splinter Cove — LSC—M
Norbert — The Great American Trailer Park Musical — LSC–M
Inspector Barnes — Bells Are Ringing — Rivertown Repertory Theatre — New Orleans
Sir Jasper Tring — Me and My Girl — Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Herbie — Gypsy— Le Petit Theatre — New Orleans
Arvide Abernathy — Guys and Dolls — Louise V. McGeehee School — New Orleans
Officer O'Hara — Arsenic and Old Lace — Le Petit Theatre — New Orleans
Mr. Lyons — Blood Brothers (Louisiana Premiere) — University of New Orleans
Mario — Italian Opera (World Premiere) — University of New Orleans
Lloyd — Noises Off — University of New Orleans
John — Oleanna— University of New Orleans
Charlemagne — Pippin — The Lorio Center — New Orleans
Various Roles — The Radio Play (World Premiere) — East Bank Theatre — Bossier City, LA
Various Roles — Sweet Charity — Centenary College
Gooper — Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — Centenary College
De Cerisay — The Devils — Centenary College
Steward — Into the Woods — Centenary College
Tyler Moss — Crossing Delancey — Shreveport Little Theatre
Various Roles — Man of La Mancha — Centenary College
Stanley — Broadway Bound — Centenary College
Andy — Birds of Paradise (Louisiana Premiere) — Centenary College
Bottom — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Centenary College
M.C. — Chicago— Centenary College
Torvald — A Doll House — Centenary College
Mordcha — Fiddler on the Roof — Performing Arts Center — Shreveport
Wykowski — Biloxi Blues — Centenary College
Various Roles — Scrambled Feet (Texas Premiere) — Tarrant County Junior College — South
Pirate King — The Pirates of Penzance — TCJC — South
Selridge — Biloxi Blues — TCJC — South
Various Roles — La Cage a GaGa (World Premiere) — TCJC — NW
Sydney — God's Favorite — TCJC — NW
Narrator — Lovers— TCJC — NW
Technical
Properties Master — Somebody/Nobody — LSC–M
Production Manager — 2 by Shel — LSC–M
Production Manager — Par Four — LSC–M
Production Manager — Waiting — LSC–M
Production Manager — Four on the Floor — LSC–M
Production Manager — A Trio of Ones — LSC–M
Properties Master — The Great American Trailer Park Musical — LSC–M
Properties Master — Noises Off — LSC–M
LD — Noises Off — LSC–M
Production Manager — The Actor’s Nightmare — LSC–M
Set Designer — Home Front — LSC–M
Production Manager — You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown — LSC–M
LD — You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown — LSC–M
Sound Op — You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown — LSC–M
Production Manager — The Foreigner — LSC–M
Set Designer — The Foreigner — LSC–M
Production Manager — The Shape of Things — LSC–M
LD — Winter Fantasies starring Will Makar — Round Rock Entertainment
Production Manager — The Sleeper — LSC–M
Production Manager — 96 Minutes — LSC–M
Sound Designer — 96 Minutes — LSC–M
TD — 96 Minutes — LSC–M
LD — 96 Minutes — LSC–M
Set Designer 96 Minutes — LSC — M
Production Manager — I Hate Hamlet — LSC–M
Set Designer — I Hate Hamlet — LSC–M
LD — I Hate Hamlet — LSC–M
Production Manager — Sexual Perversity in Chicago — LSC–M
Production Manager — The Problem — LSC–M
Set Designer — Company — LSC–M
Production Manager — Bleacher Bums — LSC–M
TD — Singin in the Rain — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — Dead Man Walking — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — Chess— Jesuit Philelectic Society
Sound Board Op — Chess — Jesuit Philelectic Society
LD — To Kill a Mockingbird — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — To Kill a Mockingbird — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — Barry Manilow’s Copacabana — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — Footloose— Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — The Crucible — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — Guys and Dolls — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — Romeo and Juliet — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — How to Succeed… — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — Godspell— Jesuit Philelectic Society
Set Designer — The Boys Next Door — Jesuit On Stage Theatre
TD — Steel Pier — Jesuit Philelectic Society
TD — The Who’s Tommy — Jesuit Philelectic Society
Sound Designer — All Their Songs Were Sad — University of New Orleans
Sound Designer — Tracers — University of New Orleans
Sound Designer — Out of Gas on Lover's Leap — University of New Orleans
Sound Designer — Cats in the Cage — Centenary College
TD — Sauer Angelica — University of New Orleans
TD — Candida— University of New Orleans
TD — Measure for Measure — University of New Orleans
TD — Kitchen Sink Drama — University of New Orleans
Sound and Light Op — Three by Tennessee — North Star Theatre — Mandeville, LA
ATD/ASM/AD — The Illuminati — University of New Orleans
Master Carpenter — Wishing Aces (World Premiere) — Southern Repertory Theatre — New Orleans
Master Carpenter — Noel and Gertie — Southern Repertory Theatre
Master Carpenter — Into the Woods — Rivertown Repertory Theatre — New Orleans
Master Carpenter — The Amorous Flea — Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Master Carpenter — Moon Over Buffalo — Rivertown Repertory Theatre
Master Carpenter/Welder — Frankenstein — Centenary College
Master Welder — The Devils — Centenary College
AD/SM — Sweet Charity — Centenary College
AD — Nunsense II — Centenary College
AD/SM — Driving Miss Daisy — Centenary College
AD — Nunsense— Centenary College
ATD — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Centenary College
Set Designer — Rumpelstiltskin — Gas Light Players — Shreveport
Sound Op — Escaped Images Dance Concert — Centenary College
Prop Master — Steel Magnolias — Centenary College
Assistant Director — Nunsense (remount) — Centenary College
Dramaturgy
Place of the Skull by Christopher Young
Mind’s Prison by Tim Stinnett
Writing
Stage Adaptation of 96 Minutes from the Texas Monthly article by Pamela Colloff
Television and Video
Director/Writer/Editor — Getting It Together (TSI Assessment Prep Video)
Producer/ Editor — On My Way (Jesuit Student Video Interviews)
Producer/ Editor — Jesuit Open House — 2005. 2004, 2003
Producer/ Editor — JHS Senior Video Yearbook 2005, 2004
Talent — NFL promo for ESPN and TNT
Talent — J.B. Cable Advertisements — Shreveport — Seva May, Director
Director — Teen Suicide/ Drug Awareness video — Caddo Magnet High School — Shreveport
Publications
Dead Man Walking: A Director’s Perspective – JayNotes – Volume 32, No. 1, Fall 2004
Presentations
Community College-Real or Fake College –KCACTF 2018
Strategies for Successful College Transfer – KCACTF 2018
The Birth of an AVSS Program - ATHE 2010
Innovations in Recruiting – ATHE -2009
The Truth About Community College: Shaping Our Perception –ATHE- 2008
College and Academic Service
2009–2026 – Member of LSC-System Workload Committee
2007–2023 – Member of LSC-M General Scholarship Committee
2007–2018 – A/V Systems Specialist Curriculum Committee
2006–Present – Chair of LSC-M Theatre Scholarship Committee
2006–Present – Member of LSC-M Drama Core Curriculum Committee
2004–2006 - JHS Academic Council
1996–1998 - Student Delegate - Production Resource Committee - Dept. of DRCM - UNO
1997–1998 – Student Delegate - University Senate - UNO
Professional Memberships
2008–2009 – InfoComm
2007–Present – Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
2007–2012 - United States Institute for Theatre Technology
2007–Present – Texas Educational Theatre Association
2007–Present – TETA Adjudicators Organization
2006–2007 – The Drama League
2006–Present – Association for Theatre in Higher Education
2006–2012 – Society of American Fight Directors
Professional Leadership and Service
2018–2020 Applied Improvisation Facilitator — Texas Children's Hospital. Co-facilitated professional development workshops with Professor Emmy Levine, using applied improvisation to strengthen leadership, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and interpersonal effectiveness among healthcare professionals.
2016–Present Committee, KCACTF Region 6
2010–Present – ATHE member, various committees
2009 – Facilitator of Back-to-Basics Theatre workshop for theatre teachers
2008–2015- sponsor of Delta Psi Omega Chapter 389
2008–Present –Two-Year College Program Focus Group Representative- ATHE
2007–Present – certified adjudicator for University Interscholastic League One-Act Play Contest
2006–2007 – Sponsor of Theatrum Mundi Theatre Club
2005 – 2006 - Member of Assoc for Supervision and Curriculum Development
2003–2006 – Moderator, WJHS Radio/TV Club - JHS
2003 – Auditorium Renovation Consultant - JHS
1998 – 2006 – Moderator, Jesuit Philelectic Society
1998 – Founder and President – Chase Productions LTD
1997–1998 – Secretary of State - Student Government - UNO
1997–1998 – Vice-President - Lakefront Players - UNO
1996–1997 – Senator - Student Government - UNO
1996–1997 – Founder and President - Lakefront Players –UNO
1993 Head Baseball Coach – Blue Raider Pony League (2nd Place)
1990–1991 – President - Rivertowne Players - Centenary College
1990–1991 – Member - Alpha Psi Omega - Centenary College
1989–1990 - Member - Shreveport Little Theatre Board of Directors
Awards
2026 Assassins — KCACTF: Meritorious Achievement— Direction; Ensemble; Lighting Design; Music Direction; Scenic Design; Sound Design; Stage Management; Sound Assistance; Choreography. Irene Ryan nominees: Peyton Waites, Garrett Smith.
2025 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — Held for KCACTF Region VI consideration. Meritorious Achievement: Direction; Acting; Choreography; Sound Design; Lighting Design; Stage Management; Ensemble. Irene Ryan nominees: Caya Sibley, Brayden Ayers, Yolanda Hernandez.
2025 Blood Brothers — KCACTF: Meritorious Achievement— Direction & Picturization; Scenic Design/Technical Direction; Costume Design; Stage Management; Ensemble; Acting & Singing. Irene Ryan nominees: Garrett Smith, Aiden Hamilton.
2025 The Outsiders — KCACTF: Meritorious Achievement— Lighting Design; Original Music; Sound Design; Properties Design; Stage Management. Irene Ryan nominees: Peyton Waites, Michael Clark.
2025 12 Angry Jurors — KCACTF: Meritorious Achievement— Lighting Design; Sound Design; Stage Management; Ensemble Acting. Irene Ryan nominees: Lyndi Cotton, Jasmine Leavens, Aiyanna Renner.
2024 The Sleeper — Held for KCACTF Region VI consideration. Meritorious Achievement: Direction; Lighting Design; Sound Design; Properties Design. Irene Ryan nominees: Brayden Ayers, Ethan Phenix, Garrett Smith.
2024 The Ghost of Splinter Cove — Held for KCACTF Region VI consideration. Meritorious Achievement: Scenic Design; Lighting Design; Stage Management; Sound Engineering. Irene Ryan nominees: Faith Davis, Marcellos Anderson.
2023 The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong — KCACTF: Meritorious Achievement— Stage Management; Sound Design; Costume Design Assistant. Irene Ryan nominees: Neo Brooks, Jess Yepes, Jared Rivera.
2023 We Live By the Sea — Held for KCACTF Region VI consideration. Meritorious Achievement: Direction; Assistant Directing; Lighting Design; Scenic Design; Video Technician; Original Music/Live Band. Irene Ryan nominees: Ethan Phenix, Emma Stevens, Roseanna Files.
2023 Footloose — Held for KCACTF Region VI consideration. Meritorious Achievement: Direction; Acting; Lighting Design; Scenic Design; Sound Design; Ensemble; Representation, Equity & Diversity. Irene Ryan nominees: Wyatt Langehennig, Faith Abbott, Aydin Mathews.
2022 Gruesome Playground Injuries — Selected for Region VI Festival. National Awards: Costume Design, Sound Design, Acting (Faith Abbott), Acting (Wyatt Langehennig), Production Ensemble. Irene Ryan nominees: Faith Abbott, Wyatt Langehennig.
2022 The Receptionist — KCACTF: Meritorious Achievement— Properties Design; Lighting Design; Stage Management. Irene Ryan nominees: Aydin Mathews, Brayden Ayers, Isabelle Farias.
2020 Student Body — Selected for Region VI Festival. National Awards: Citizen Artistry, Outstanding Production Ensemble. Meritorious Achievement: Direction; Ensemble; Sound Design; Scenic Design.
2019-20 Lone Star College-Montgomery Faculty Excellence Award
2019 Student Body — KCACTF Respondent's Choice Award. Recognized for Directing; Ensemble. Selected for Region VI Festival.
2018 12 Angry Jurors — KCACTF Respondent's Choice Award. Recognized for Directing; Ensemble.
2018 Kennedy Center Medallion
2018 American Idiot — KCACTF Respondent's Choice Award. Recognized for Directing; Stage Management; Choreography; Costume Design; Musical Direction; Acting.
2012 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — KCACTF Respondent's Choice Award.
2011 Private Eyes — KCACTF Texas State Festival. Directors' Choice Award and Respondent's Choice Award.
2010 Too Much Memory — KCACTF Regional Committee's Choice; Alternate for Region VI Festival. Recognized for Directing; Acting; Costumes; Stage Management; Makeup; Scenic Design and Technical Direction. Irene Ryan Regional Finalist.
2009 And They Danced Real Slow in Jackson — KCACTF Award for Original Music; Ensemble.
2009 Marquis Who’s Who in America member
2009 Biltmore Who’s Who among Montgomery County Professionals member
2008 Mind's Prison — KCACTF Recognition. Acting; Lighting Design; Support of New Works.
2008 Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) — KCACTF Recognition. Technical Direction (Rob Kreps).
2007 Home Front — KCACTF Recognition. Sound Design (Justyn Reed and Richard Sellers); Graphics Design (David Kerr); Properties Design (Tim Stinnett and Linda Whittington).
2006 96 Minutes — KCACTF Recognition. Costume Coordination (Stephen Blaschke); Stage Management (Keila Outlaw).
2004-05 Recognition by National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
2004, 2002, 2001, 2000 Nominee for Excellence – American High School Theatre Festival
2002 Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers member
1999 The Boys Next Door - Best Actor - (Michael P. Sullivan - Storer Boone Awards)
Best Supporting Actress - (Kim Patterson - Marquis and Storer Boone Awards)
1998 Best Drama – Tracers- Big Easy Awards
(Best Supporting Actor - Dane Rhodes)
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